§ Lord Williams of Elvelasked Her Majesty's Government:
What, on a statistically uniform basis, has been the decline in defence spending in real terms per annum between 1993–94 and 1995–96, and what is the expected outturn on the same basis for 1996–97 and 1997–98.
Earl HoweThe defence budget at 1995–96 prices, for the years in question, is as follows:
were funded by the appropriation of receipts from the sale of the married quarter estate. Without this distoring effect the run of figure would be: